{"id":24983,"date":"2011-03-09T16:47:49","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T16:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/cna_catholic_dioceses_use_fresh_initiatives_to_promote_traditions_of_lent\/"},"modified":"2011-03-09T16:47:49","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T16:47:49","slug":"cna_catholic_dioceses_use_fresh_initiatives_to_promote_traditions_of_lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=24983","title":{"rendered":"(CNA) Catholic dioceses use fresh initiatives to promote traditions of Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Roman Catholics begin Lent with the traditional distribution of ashes on Ash Wednesday, dioceses in the U.S. are seeking to pass on the ancient practices of the liturgical season in new ways.<\/p>\n<p>The three traditional \u201cpillars of Lent\u201d\u009d \u201d\u201c for Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians, as well as some Protestants who observe the tradition \u201d\u201c are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Through these three essential practices, Pope Benedict XVI said in his 2011 Lenten message, \u201cLent teaches us how to live the love of Christ in an ever more radical way.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Randy Dollins of the Archdiocese of Denver and Auxilary Bishop Robert F. Hennessey of Boston spoke with CNA about initiatives that help Catholics focus on the meaning of the penitential season, and benefit spiritually from its traditions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/catholic-dioceses-use-fresh-initiatives-to-promote-traditions-of-lent\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Roman Catholics begin Lent with the traditional distribution of ashes on Ash Wednesday, dioceses in the U.S. are seeking to pass on the ancient practices of the liturgical season in new ways. The three traditional \u201cpillars of Lent\u201d\u009d \u201d\u201c<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=24983\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,42,187,569,154,364],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-life-church-life","category-religion-news-commentary","category-church-year-liturgical-seasons","category-lent","category-other-churches","category-roman-catholic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}